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Homeland Stupidity

• Iraq – An End or an Escalation?

  Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:58pm PDT by Ron Paul

  Amid much fanfare last week, the last supposed “combat” troops left Iraq as the administration touted the beginning of the end of the Iraq War and a change in the role of the United States in that country. Considering ...

• The Cycle of Violence in Afghanistan

  Posted: August 9th, 2010, 10:59am PDT by Ron Paul

  Last week the National Bureau of Economic Research published a report on the effect of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq that confirmed what critics of our foreign policy have been saying for years: the killing of civilians, ...

• The Trouble With Unconstitutional Wars

  Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 8:28am PDT by Ron Paul

  Our foreign policy was in the spotlight last week, which is exactly where it should be. Almost two years ago many voters elected someone they thought would lead us to a more peaceful, rational co-existence with other countries. However, ...

• On the Bloated Intelligence Bureaucracy

  Posted: July 26th, 2010, 9:25pm PDT by Ron Paul

  I have often spoken about the excessive size of government, and most recently how waste and inefficiency needs to be eliminated from our military budget. Our foreign policy is not only bankrupting us, but actively creating and antagonizing enemies ...

• When There is No Rule of Law

  Posted: July 19th, 2010, 7:52pm PDT by Ron Paul

  Last week ended with some promising news on finally stopping the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, the administration still seems to believe that shutting down working oil wells is a higher priority than effectively dealing with ...

• More Power for the Fed

  Posted: July 7th, 2010, 11:23am PDT by Ron Paul

  Last week I was pleased to see my Republican colleagues take up the cause to fully and completely audit the Federal Reserve by including my language from the Federal Reserve Transparency Act in a Motion to Recommit the financial ...

• The War That’s Not a War

  Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 7:06pm PDT by Ron Paul

  In January 1991, we went to war in the Middle East against Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s dictator who was our ally during the Iran-Iraq war. A border dispute between Kuwait and Iraq broke out after our State Department gave a ...

• The Military Can Waste Money Too

  Posted: June 28th, 2010, 9:01am PDT by Ron Paul

  This past week various news events once again made it abundantly clear that our foreign policy is an abject failure. Unfortunately, in spite of this the administration is determined to stay on this destructive course, despite any past promises ...

• Too Much Government in the Gulf

  Posted: June 21st, 2010, 10:27am PDT by Ron Paul

  Sadly, the disaster in the Gulf continues this week as BP’s efforts at containment keep hitting snags and residents along the coast scramble to clean up and defend their shores and wildlife. Many have criticized the federal government in ...

• Authoritarianism is Bad for Your Health

  Posted: June 14th, 2010, 11:57am PDT by Ron Paul

  The administration’s terrible healthcare reform bill is now law, but the debate over how — and whether — the federal government should be involved in providing healthcare services is not over. It is not too late for America to ...

• Why Governments Hate Gold

  Posted: June 7th, 2010, 2:44pm PDT by Ron Paul

  This past week several emerging and ongoing crises took attention away from the ongoing sovereign debt problems in Greece. The bailouts are merely kicking the can down the road and making things worse for taxpaying citizens, here and abroad. ...

• Put Patients and Doctors Back in Control of Healthcare

  Posted: June 1st, 2010, 9:00pm PDT by Ron Paul

  Most everyone agrees that health care in the United States has major problems, the biggest problems relating to skyrocketing costs. No one doubts the system is in need of reform. However, too many in Washington see tighter government controls ...

• Private Option Health Care Act

  Posted: May 28th, 2010, 5:45am PDT by Ron Paul

  Statement of Congressman Ron PaulUnited States House of RepresentativesStatement Introducing the Private Option Health Care ActMadam Speaker, I rise to introduce the Private Option Health Care Act. This bill places individuals back in control of health care by replacing ...

• More Blank Checks to the Military Industrial Complex

  Posted: May 24th, 2010, 10:12am PDT by Ron Paul

  Congress, with its insatiable appetite for spending, is set to pass yet another “supplemental” appropriations bill in the next two weeks. So-called supplemental bills allow Congress to spend beyond even the 13 annual appropriations bills that fund the federal ...

• The Government as Identity Thieves

  Posted: May 17th, 2010, 8:59pm PDT by Ron Paul

  The spotlight remains on the Greek sovereign debt crisis as the riots continue. The terms of the Greek bailout from the IMF and Eurozone countries remain contentious with citizens on all sides. Europeans hate having their governments throw public ...